The Pleasures of HopeRoutledge, 1852 - 6 pages |
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Page 35
... hast thou wander'd there , To waft us home the message of despair ? Then bind the palm , thy sage's brow to suit , Of blasted leaf , and death - distilling fruit ! Ah me ! the laurel'd wreath that murder rears , Blood - nurs'd , and ...
... hast thou wander'd there , To waft us home the message of despair ? Then bind the palm , thy sage's brow to suit , Of blasted leaf , and death - distilling fruit ! Ah me ! the laurel'd wreath that murder rears , Blood - nurs'd , and ...
Page 58
... hast been , —and , by report , An orphan's name ( quoth Albert ) mayst have known : Sad tale ! -when latest fell our frontier fort , - One innocent - one soldier's child - alone Was spar'd , and brought to me , who loved him as my own ...
... hast been , —and , by report , An orphan's name ( quoth Albert ) mayst have known : Sad tale ! -when latest fell our frontier fort , - One innocent - one soldier's child - alone Was spar'd , and brought to me , who loved him as my own ...
Page 65
... hast thou , then , forgot , " ( he cried , forlorn , And eyed the group with half indignant air ) , " Oh ! hast thou , Christian chief , forgot the morn When I with thee the cup of peace did share ? Then stately was this head , and dark ...
... hast thou , then , forgot , " ( he cried , forlorn , And eyed the group with half indignant air ) , " Oh ! hast thou , Christian chief , forgot the morn When I with thee the cup of peace did share ? Then stately was this head , and dark ...
Page 71
... ; And , when this heart hath ceased to beat - oh ! think , And let it mitigate thy woe's excess , That thou hast been to me all tenderness , And friend to more than human friendship just . Oh GERTRUDE OF WYOMING . 71.
... ; And , when this heart hath ceased to beat - oh ! think , And let it mitigate thy woe's excess , That thou hast been to me all tenderness , And friend to more than human friendship just . Oh GERTRUDE OF WYOMING . 71.
Page 135
... hast past , Where wilt thou rest , mad Nymph , at last ? Say , wilt thou shroud in haunted cell , Where gloomy Rape and Murder dwell ? Or in some hollow'd seat ' Gainst which the big waves beat , Hear drowning seamen's cries , in ...
... hast past , Where wilt thou rest , mad Nymph , at last ? Say , wilt thou shroud in haunted cell , Where gloomy Rape and Murder dwell ? Or in some hollow'd seat ' Gainst which the big waves beat , Hear drowning seamen's cries , in ...
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